Intern project begins; first task announced
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Oct. 11, 2007They won't be living in a house together and there's no singing involved, but otherwise SFCC's latest project is the spitting image of a reality show.
They won't be living in a house together and there's no singing involved, but otherwise SFCC's latest project is the spitting image of a reality show.
Whether dealing with snobbish house guests or secretly mocking a college professor for overstressing his pronunciation of Nicaragua, memoirist David Sedaris finds humor in the tiniest details.
UF students will have the chance to enjoy free food and drinks, catch some rays and register to vote this weekend.
Making peace signs with his hands in an imitation of Richard Nixon, former Student Senate President Robert Agrusa said goodbye at a Senate meeting Tuesday after finishing his term as president.
Uncertainty about tuition increases in Florida could soon be alleviated if the Legislature approves a bill linking tuition hikes to inflation.
After spending time in the village of Sand Sloot, South Africa, a UF student is taking action and raising money to help the students of the poverty stricken village.
Nora Spencer hopes the UF campus will be buzzing with students sporting orange and blue T-shirts that read "Gay? Fine by me" today.
As the Gators struggled against the Louisiana State University Tigers on Saturday, one Gators fan described the last few moments of the game as a mixture of her heart sinking and being punched in the stomach.
A recent UF study shows that increasing monthly premiums by ,5 caused many low-income families to drop out of Florida's State Health Insurance Program in 2003.
Ken Schwencke still thinks it's weird that his brothers in Pi Kappa Alpha are OK with it.
UF's Student Senate spent nearly four hours giving tearful goodbyes to departing senators in the first of two Tuesday night meetings.
Although his term as Student Senate president came to an end Tuesday night, Robert Agrusa said he is not done with politics.
Anne Kress said she has high expectations for the people that work for her, but she understands it can be hard to get there.
(Jennifer Keil / Alligator) Construction worker Gary Augustine takes a brief midday break from his job working on the Gateway of Champions project at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The addition will expand the weight room, coaches offices and Gator Room, which acts as a recruiting center for future Gators football players, according to the project's Web site. It is projected to be finished in June 2008, according to UF's Facilities Planning and Construction Web Site.
Free Your PC, an event sponsored by Florida Free Culture, Student Government, the UF Computing Help Desk and the UF IT Security Team, offered students free McAfee antivirus protection, computer cleaning, and creative software and games Tuesday on the Reitz Union Colonnade from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The fifth grandson of Mohandas Gandhi will kick off festivities for UF's Kaleidoscope: Asian and Asian American Awareness Month on Monday night. Arun Gandhi will speak about life with his grandfather and his grandfather's legacy, said Magel Alcantar, director of Kaleidoscope Month.
Barbara Burrows said when she left SFCC for the University of Texas, she knew she'd return.
UF's chapter of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity is prohibited from philanthropies, intramurals and socials this semester following charges of underage drinking and marijuana possession at an unauthorized party in August.
At first glance, it doesn't look like a robot.
Tonight's Student Senate meeting will be the first for about 30 candidates chosen to represent on- and off-campus living districts in the fall Student Government election.